118 Episode 14: Magic Courses in Anisphere (1/2)

”No, and Master Anisphere is still amazing”

”Hmm? What's the sudden matter?

Me being sent back to the clerk's office if Navre told me a novel about the matchmaking audition with Gakun. That's what Gakun told me when he came back with me. I tilt my neck unexpectedly at Gakun, who looks at me like I'm impressed.

”Isn't that the best you can do? I squeezed my strength and I got a critical win.”

”You don't have to lift me up so much, do you? Gakun was amazing.”

”It's only the arm of the sword, isn't it?

Gakun says with a bitter smile. I feel a grudge at me there and just a little like giving up.

”Besides, Master Anisphere doesn't use Celestial, does he? And a stretching body? If it's an archaeological framework, I can win, but if the rules don't work, I can't.”

”Can't anyone do that if they want to?

”Gark, what is that, a stretching body?

When Gakun and I were talking, Navre asked me a favor with the face that it was difficult to understand.

”Mana Blade doesn't weigh on the blade, does it? Dear Anisphere, you can stretch and shrink that and change your mind.”

”... I can certainly use it that way, but not anyone can use it in action”

”Huh? Really?

”Normally, I think so...... I can still tell if you want to make it shorter, but how long can you stretch it?

Unbelievable, Charne asks me with such a look.

”I stretch it well to the point where I can clearly see it with my eyes...”

”It's crazy!

”That would be strange”

”I knew it was crazy!?”

I got stuck in the order of Charne, Navre and Gakkun. Yeah, I was...

If you ask me, I've never seen anyone use it like me. I thought it was because it hasn't been popular yet, but more people don't think it's possible...

”I wouldn't mind winning if the rules were useless...”

”Right... as long as His Royal Highness Sister Wang's physical strengthening is horrible. Considering the possibility of being distracted between weapons and being able to pack the distance at once...”

”I'm better at bows than swords, but I don't feel I can guess if His Royal Highness is my opponent”

”You guys? What do you think I am?

My cheeks get a little cramped. You don't make me a virtual enemy, at all.

Still, right? You recognize Mana Blade as a weapon to Gakuns. I use it because I think it's magic, so maybe that's where the difference in ideas comes in.

I don't think I'm particularly good because I think it's like magical aptitude to use it again.

”... Speaking of which, how does Her Royal Highness the King use the magic of physical strengthening?

”Eh.”

I just noticed, and as I said, Charne looks at me with her little neck tilted. To Charne's inquiry, indeed, Navre turns his gaze to me, as he says. Speaking of which, other than Gakun, I didn't explain the engraved mark yet.

”Hmmm...... sorry. I guess it's only after I've had a little more trust to explain that. Because my physical strengthening is particularly sensitive among the technologies discovered in magic.”

”Oh, you did. Sorry!

”You don't have to worry about it, I'm sure you do.”

I lowered my head as Sharne panicked. Priscilla, who was organizing the materials in the office at that time, stops the work and brings me the tea she prepared for the number of people.

At first, Navre was told a novel about escorts and samurai being present for tea, but I wanted to talk to everyone face-to-face, so I got eyes spilled in the office and other restricted places.

”Thanks, Priscilla”

”No.”

”... Speaking of physical enhancement, there was an interesting topic in the Ministry of Magic”

”In the Ministry of Magic?

Navre has attracted interest, he's eaten up on the subject.

”Halfis in the Ministry of Magic was at the center of the whole magic review, right?

”Was it a validation study to re-establish pure magic technology, not dictated by user skill, etc.?

This is still Halphis' main research theme. Re-establishing the magic system as pure technology, without draining the user's skill and magic power. Every day, Halfis pushes this research a little bit, even as he is pursued by the task of turning the Ministry of Magic.

Magic is something that really makes a difference between users. Because of the areas in which talent is involved, I can tell you that I have no choice. But Halfis touched one end of magic and questioned the current magic system.

I guess that originally came from an experience where Halfis wasn't good at magic. And the encounter with the magic props gave Halfis a divine enlightenment.

Speaking of magic props, it's magic that allows users to perform steadily, no matter who they are. And isn't magic purely out of the skill of the user any different than magic props? I came to think of it.

In fact, I don't think that's the wrong idea. From that idea, Halphis began to wonder if it might be possible to re-establish the magic system.

Re-establishing a magical system derived from technology from a magical perspective, not a magical system inherited from prayer and tradition that really obscures it. That's Halfis's dream.

Nothing. Even Halfis didn't deny the magic he'd ever had. The magic inherited so far has never been changed. On top of that, I want to organize it as a way to make it easier for anyone to reach a further abyss of magic. Halfis' ultimate goal at the moment is here.

”So we were testing how much magic we could simplify, and what elements of the user would make a difference in the same magic.”

”Oh, I heard you got a lot of magic class content at the Aristocratic Academy. Was it that relationship?

Gakun relies on his memory for tea. I nod to affirm.

”So I was looking into it from the more frequently used magic, but physical enhancement is the more frequently used magic, right?

”Yeah, especially if you're a knight. Physical enhancement is also an initial magic, from which we learn to operate magic...”

”That's the perception, isn't it? But what if I told you I wasn't, actually?

”What?”

As Navru-kun and Gakun were surprised, Charne, who had not attended the College of Aristocracy, tilted his neck and Priscilla was drinking tea in a clear manner.

”It's Halphis' theory that physical enhancement wasn't actually magic for the first time.”

”How could you draw such a conclusion?

”Because the magic of physical strengthening could not be simplified from its present form, and certain elements were involved.”

”An element?

”Yeah, that's the nature of magic. Physical enhancement is greatly influenced by the magic of the user and requires magic manipulation techniques beyond simplicity. So, in fact, when I try to use it consciously, it's something very advanced.”